Necktie attachment.



A. G. WEYBURN & G. H. LIPPMAN.

NEGKTIE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION PILED'PEKS, 1914.

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ARTHUR C. WEYBURN AND GEORGE HENRY LIPPMAN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

NECKTIE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. as, role.

Application filed February 9, 1914. Serial No. 817,551.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR C. WEYBURN and nonsn HENRY LrrrMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Necktie Attachments; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improved necktie attachment which consists of a simple and inexpensive device that is formed of a tubular nature and designed to receive a necktie and to be secured to the back collar button on a shirt band so as to permit free sliding movement of the tie and to prevent sliding of the tie upwardly or downwardly relative to the collar.

Another important object of our invention is to provide a necktie attachment of the character described which may be formed of a single piece of material, thus lowering the cost of manufacture, may be readily attached to neckties and to collars of different characters, may be worn without detection and which serves to prevent unnecessary soiling of the collar or wearing of the tie.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claim which is appended hereto and forms a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein we have illustrated the preferred embodiment of our invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a side elevation showing our improved attachment attached to a portion of a necktie, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing a portion of t 1e neckband of a shirt, and a turn over collar attached thereto and our improved attachment secured upon a necktie and disposed in operative position relative to the collar, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of our attachment removed from the tie, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of our attachment.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference A designates a portion of a necktie to which our attachment designated 1 as an entirety is secured.

Our improved necktie attachment consists of a single piece of some suitably rigid but flexible material such as celluloid and the like that is formed of a plurality of spaced angularly disposed and flat coils 2. The free ends of the end coils are cut away angularly as at 3 upon their inner edges to provide a space between the adjacent coil so as to enable the insertion of the tie A through the coils 2.

In attaching our necktie attachment 1 the action necessary may be described as worming, since the tie A is first fitted in the space comprehended between the cut away edge 3 at one end of the device and the angular head of the adjacent corner and so on until the tie is inserted through all of the coils.

The coils 2 as will be clearly seen with reference to the drawings are formed in such a way that the tie A is permitted free sliding movement relative to the attachment. Formed integral with the most central of the coils 2 is a downwardly extending tongue 4: having a suitable collar button opening 5 therein.

With particular reference to Fig. 2 wherein 'we have disclosed a sectional view showing our attachment in assembled position relative to a turn down collar, the letter B designates a portion of the neck band having a suitable collar button C inserted therethrough for the purpose of securing a turn down collar as illustrated and desig nated D. The collar button C is inserted through the collar button opening 5 in the tongue 4:. Prior to this action the tie A. with the attachment 1 thereon is placed between the sections of the turned down collar D in such a way that the tongue 4: is disposed flat upon the innermost section of the turn down collar and in a position where the ready insertion of the collar button 0 through the collar button opening 5 is provided. It will thus be seen that the attachment 1 is disposed approximately centrally of the upper and lower edges of the collar D and in such a way that the tie A is prevented coming into contact with the collar button C or being held by the clamping action of the two sections of the collar D. The tie A is free to be moved as desired inasmuch as the binding thereof by the collar is prevented owing to the disposal and arrangement of the attachment 1.

' the device is formed It Will be readily seen that We have provided a simple and inexpensive attachment for neckties which will enable the free sliding movement of the tie relative to the collar, prevent upward sliding of the tie relative to the collar, this being particularly desirable in standing collars, prevent raveling or unnecessary Wear upon the tie, prevent pulling of the collar out of shape and soiling thereof and enable a more expedituous tying of the tie in that the free sliding thereof is provided.

lVith reference to Fig. 4 wherein we have illustrated a modified form of attachment,

of a single piece of material and formed into coils 6 similar to the ones 2 in the preferred form, With the exception of the central of the coils adjacent to which is formed an approximately reetangular connecting portion 7 for the adjacent coils 6. Formed integral with one longitudinal edge of the connecting portion 7 is a tongue 8 having an aperture 9 therein to receive the collar button 0. The tongue 8 is disposed in spaced parallel relation to the portion 7 and extends beyond the edge thereof farthest removed from the point of the formation of the tongue with the portion 7. The tongue is tapered toward its free end so that it may be readily secured. The modified form is used and attached in the same manner as the preferred form.

In reduction to practice, We have found ea of that the form of our invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most ellicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of our device will necessarily vary, we desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of our invention, as defined in the appended claim.

What is claimed is A necktie attachment of the character described comprising a flexible body portion formed of a single piece of material and consisting of a plurality of spaced angularly disposed coils arranged to receive a necktie, said attachment adapted to be inserted-between the inner and outer sections of a turn down collar, and an integral downwardly extending tongue having a button hole therein to provide for the securing of the attachment to the rear collar button of a neck band.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR C. WEYBURN. GEORGE H. LIPPMAN. \Vitnesses:

R. G. GRAY, L. H. BENNETT- this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. G." 

